8:18 AM,
Jan. 10, 2014

Payroll processor ADP reported construction jobs increased by 48,000 in December, one of the strongest gains of any industry.

Written by

Paul Davidson
| USA Today

Some economists are raising their forecasts for Friday's government report on December employment after a private survey found the strongest business hiring in more than a year.

Private payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that businesses added 238,000 jobs in December, the most since November 2011.

ADP has had mixed success in foretelling Labor's more closely watched report of private and public-sector job gains. But the firm's accuracy has improved since it began teaming with Moody's Analytics in fall 2012 to compile the report, with the two surveys differing by an average 35,000 to ...